Nostalgia

Sunderland AFC. A name not synonymous with footballing glory in the modern era. Ask most football fans what springs to...

This piece was originally published by @ballyhoo9 on Tale of Two Halves The background It wasn’t my first Everton match....

Let me take you back in time, May 1982 to be precise. It was a somewhat tumultuous time in the...

So, our ‘Back to the Eighties’ series continues to hop, skip and jump along like Jonathon Edwards after a particularly-caffeine...

In late 1945 George Orwell was in turmoil. The Second World War was over, scenes of VE Day celebrations were...

The last two instalments of our three-part series on Paul Gascoigne have seen us concentrate mainly on his club career....

The role of midfielder is certainly the position on the football pitch that offers the most variety. It encompasses tough...

Before reading this; you may want to throw out any existing stereotypes of Italian football that you may have buried...

This piece was originally published by @Rowan_SN96 on Tale of Two Halves Longevity in football is as impressive as it...

Almost twenty years after he last kicked a competitive ball in English football, Paul Gascoigne remains one of the nation’s...

The midfielder of Mauthausen built a legacy to last forever. Whilst fascism reared its ugly head throughout the entirety of...

By Gerry Johnston It's fair to say that Zvonmir Boban made an impact on the game of football. Most will...

The game has witnessed some of the best football writers over the years; Reg Drury, Brian Woolnough, John Sadler amongst...

1983 is a year that seems to be lost to the time grains of sand in as much that it...

Wolverhampton Wanderers are one of the great old names of English football, and one that is generally associated with the...

Following a managerial legend is never easy. Just ask David Moyes, Wilf McGuiness, Graeme Souness, Colin Harvey, Bobby Ferguson, Graham...

By Rob Doolan “To give Gérard and his team a real chance, I have to walk away.” With those words...

The year is 1981 and it’s the latest in our look-back series. Forty years on and memories and recollections of...

When you think of many of the most iconic moments in football, it often isn't just the images that play...

In 2000, the ‘old’ Wembley was closed and, eventually, demolished. Since reopening in 2007, all FA Cup Semi-Finals have been...

Goalkeepers are often one of the most under-appreciated, and most heavily criticised players on a football pitch. When they play...

As the quasi-famous and somewhat tedious football chant goes, “There’s only one (insert player of choice)”. But is there? The...

16th August 2008. Bolton Wanderers 3 Stoke City 1. It was Stoke's first top-flight fixture in 23 years, and it...

In a generic fixture in 1997, Des Linton leapt into the air when an opposition player made a dangerous challenge....

Eric Cantona. Manchester United legend. Possibly, the first cult hero of the Premier League. The ultimate maverick, adored by the...

With Liverpool and Manchester United both currently in the hunt for the title for the first time since 2009, the...

On May 10, 2000, the Dons went down, Bradford stayed up, and Leeds went to Europe. The effects of that...

By Joe Miller Throughout my time in the beautiful game, I have met some interesting and some not some so...

While most people watch football as a positive experience, as a release from outside pressures and troubles, there will always...

For fans over a certain age, mention Wimbledon and the infamous ‘Crazy Gang’ will soon work its way into the...

By Cameron Pope In the eyes of many a neutral, West Yorkshire club Huddersfield Town will long be the lower-division...

Eastern Europe in the ’70s and ’80s was a dark and mysterious place to us in the West. Contrasting ideologies...

With football currently suspended for the foreseeable, the best cure for your football fix is to look back through football...

Pink football kits have always been that type of kit that has raised eyebrows and one that are like marmite;...

It is a Friday morning. You are preparing to coach your players for tomorrow’s fixture against a promotion contender. You...

Team talks can be tricky things. Say the wrong thing at the wrong time and the result can be disastrous....

With Spurs currently flying high at the top of the Premier League and everyone having had a look at Jose...

James Bolam: Brazil 1982 One of the beauties of football, but also one of its tragedies is that the best...

You’d struggle to find anyone other than misty-eyed Chelsea fans who’d count this as a classic. Nearly a quarter-century on,...

With a new series of Strictly Come Dancing having started recently, it bought back memories of when John Barnes was...

In previous instalments, you have been ‘treated’ to the ramblings of a seriously annoyed middle-aged guy suffering from a severe...

A few weeks ago I started griping. Griping and shouting at the clouds, you might say. As a slightly grumpy...

Most of us these days have at one time or another owned a football shirt or two. Currently, kits have...

Although Shamrock Rovers were unable to topple Zlatan Ibrahimovic's AC Milan side in the UEFA Europa League, it was a...

Football shirts have never been as popular as they are now, as they have become a multi-billion pound industry. Kits...

The Intertoto Cup was never anything other than a bizarre wee competition. Set up in 1961, partly as a way...

Football grounds are the essence of football’s material infrastructure. They matter to us. Our complaints about the soulless ‘blandscape’ of...

When you think of the 2000/01 edition of the UEFA Champions League, you probably think of Bayern Munich’s triumph in...

From skimming his lyrics, or even just the titles of his numerous back catalogue of songs, it soon becomes clear...

The Nineteenth of June marked a day, which David de Gea and Manchester United fans all across the world would...